Jupiter Secures $35 Million Investment from ParaFi Capital Settled in JupUSD

TLDR

• Jupiter received a $35 million investment from ParaFi Capital, marking its first outside funding after years of bootstrapped growth
• The entire deal was settled in JupUSD, Jupiter’s stablecoin launched in January 2026, nearly doubling its circulating supply
• ParaFi Capital committed to an extended token lockup period and received warrants to buy additional tokens at higher prices
• Jupiter processes over 90% of aggregator volume on Solana and surpassed $1 trillion in cumulative trading volume
• JUP token trades at $0.19 with a $596.6 million market cap, down 91% from its $2.00 all-time high in January 2024

Jupiter, a Solana-based decentralized exchange aggregator, announced a $35 million investment from ParaFi Capital on February 2. The deal represents Jupiter’s first outside capital after years of bootstrapped growth.

The transaction was settled entirely in JupUSD, Jupiter’s stablecoin. JupUSD launched in January 2026 and currently has a market cap of approximately $38.7 million according to rwa.xyz data.

The $35 million deal nearly doubles JupUSD’s circulating supply. JupUSD is backed primarily by USDtb, a stablecoin with approximately $859 million in circulation.

USDtb is collateralized by BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized treasury fund. Jupiter developed JupUSD in partnership with Ethena Labs.

ParaFi Capital committed to purchasing tokens at current market prices with no discount. The firm also agreed to an extended lockup period, though Jupiter did not disclose the specific duration.

The deal included warrants allowing ParaFi Capital to acquire additional tokens at higher prices. This structure was designed to reflect long-term alignment between the two parties.

ParaFi Capital manages approximately $1.4 billion in assets and was founded in 2018. The firm’s portfolio includes multiple Solana ecosystem investments such as SOL Strategies, Kamino, and Metaplex.

ParaFi’s Solana Ecosystem Activity

In January 2025, ParaFi invested CAD $27.5 million in Sol Strategies. Sol Strategies is a company focused on Solana network infrastructure.

Ryan Navi, Managing Director at ParaFi Capital, described that investment as supporting critical infrastructure development. ParaFi is also an existing investor in Ethena, Jupiter’s partner on the JupUSD stablecoin.

Jupiter processes over 90% of aggregator volume on Solana. The platform announced in June 2025 that cumulative trading volume had surpassed $1 trillion.

Coinbase integrated Jupiter’s trading technology in January 2026. Jupiter has expanded beyond swap routing into perpetuals, lending, and stablecoins.

Token Performance and Market Position

JUP trades at approximately $0.19 with a market cap of $596.6 million. The token is down roughly 91% from its all-time high of $2.00 reached in January 2024.

JUP was up around 9% over the 24 hours following the announcement according to CoinGecko data. ParaFi Capital had not issued a public statement confirming the investment at the time of publication.

Jupiter rolled out a beta version of its onchain prediction market developed with Kalshi in October. The JupUSD stablecoin launch followed in January 2026.

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